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  • I was 29 for so many years that my mother called me one day to ask me how old I really was. She couldn't quite remember what year I was born in (there were 5 of us). I am just like your mother. 29 until 39 and then 39 for the rest of my life.
    in Is 50 nifty? Comment by Mentel June 2003
  • Ray: Happy Birthday. I celebrated my 39th birthday for the 11th time on Tuesday. My husband suprised me at work by having lunch brought in for everyone from an Italian restaurant. We have about 30-40 people here on any given day. It was a great…
    in Is 50 nifty? Comment by Mentel May 2003
  • I have not missed an episode. It is great family entertainment and is a great represenation of what life was like in the sixties. I would recommend it!!
  • I grew up in Chilton and now live in Burlington.
  • I am also from Wisconsin and have no problem understanding you. They probably don't know what pop is either. Too bad for them!
  • This thread has taken a fowl turn!!
  • Is there a job description for poop timer and does it include essential and non-essential functions?
  • I just got this one last week after RIF. He said his attorney told him that we couldn't fire him because he is a single parent. The attorneys says we have to let the guy go that lives with his parents. The guy who lives with his parents never mis…
  • I can send you ours. Give me an email or fax number. Maggie (aka: Margaret)
  • I haven't been on the forum for a couple of weeks due to work load. I went on this morning to catch up and I couldn't believe how slow it was. I waited very long times for individual forum questions and answers to come up. What is going on????
  • Don is right. Here in Wisconsin, if you are looking for help with baling hay, you call the local football coach and get names of kids who need the work and the work-out. The same would work for a nursery. Here high school and college kids would d…
  • Go to [url]www.dol.gov/fairpay[/url]. This has great information on the definitions of executive, administrative and professional employees. Also, you can email your specific question to DOL at [email]fairpay@dol.gov[/email]. I also have position…
  • The date of when an employee gets their check has NOTHING to do with overtime. In some states, you can pay an employee once per month. Overtime is paid after 40 hours have been worked in the week. Period. It does not matter whether they get paid…
  • I would look for a local or state employers association for information. Also, check with your State government. They survey for salary information. Good salary information is never free. We belong to an employers association and participate in …
    in HR Salaries Comment by Mentel May 2004
  • I totally agree with James. Go with a 3% budget and let the raises range from 0 to 5%. That way, the people who may be low in their range can move up. After years of 7% or more, I can't believe there are too many people low in their range except …
  • Try dietrich & associates: 800-654-8258, Abbott, Langer & Associates: 708-672-4200, or your local/state management associations. MRA is located in Palentine, Il.
  • We have 85 employees. I use ABRA for HRIS. The payroll is outsources to Payroll Manager out of Madison, Wisconsin. We have had both ADP and Paychex. ADP switched us from their Chicago office to Milwaukee and everything went to hell. Then we wen…
  • We are also on an accrual system. Employees know that they owe it back to us if they use more than has been accrued. It is in our handbook and new employees are specifically told about this policy. We don't actually deduct it without the employee…
  • I would check Wisconsin Wage & Hours laws. I believe that you must pay at least once per month in Wisconsin. Go on the Internet and put in Wisconsin Wage & Hours laws into a search engine.
  • We dropped both ADP and Paychex. ADP transferred us from their Chicago office to their Milwaukee office and service dropped dramatically. Paychex was just bad all around. We are now with Payroll Manager out of Madison, Wisconsin. They are excell…
  • Would the union feel the same way if it had been a non-union employee who dropped the water balloon on the union employee's windshield and glass shattered? I don't think so. If a non-union technician, supervisor or clerk had done it, the union wou…
  • jmcaa: I understand fully what you are trying to do. Yes. Go ahead and use the leave bank for partial days. We were at the full-day policy for a couple of years are it hurt both our employees and our firm. I researched the opinions and yes you …
  • I would pay them what they list as hours worked and make the correction on the next pay check. I would then call them in and inform them that they have falsified a company document, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Falsification of a comp…
  • On our direct deposit slip, it shows the hours that were sick or vacation for that payperiod but no money is attached to it for exempt employees. This way, salary is always the same but the hours used are shown to the employee. The balance then is…
  • Most IS employees are non-exempt and should be paid overtime. Unless this guy manages a staff or has at least a four-year degree and works on his own writing programs, he is probably non-exempt. Having said that, pay the overtime! Don't try to cu…
  • We are also bi-weekly and we withhold for the actual days covered. We would not have started to deduct until the paycheck of March 21 which covers the days from March 1 through March 14. We have a lag of one week before the checks go out. I under…
  • According to salary data that I have access to, in Wisconsin, a General Office Manager would be paid between $40,000 and $44,00 depending on location in the state and number of employees.
  • I also read about the 2 and 1/2 month extension but I didn't hear anything regarding 401k. I would like to know if and when this went into effect.
  • [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 04-06-05 AT 09:57AM (CST)[/font][br][br]I have been using ABRA as a stand alone HRIS. I do not use it with payroll. We outsource payroll processing to the Payroll Company out of Madison, WI. They have…
  • We just changed carriers to get away from this. For the last four years, we had a $10,000 specific stop loss per person, $20,000 per family. The carrier wanted us to go to a much higher specific like $25,000 per person. Our owners were not comfor…